Ulysses S. Grant Memorial

The central, equestrian statue of Grant with one of the four lions (2017)

U.S. Capitol, Grant Memorial, and Capitol Reflecting Pool

Grant Memorial from the east with the National Mall in the background

Detail of Cavalry Charge (possible self-portrait of Henry Shrady).

A section of the memorial during the 2015-2016 restoration

Presidential memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring American Civil War general and 18th United States President Ulysses S. Grant.

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National Mall

Landscaped park within the National Mall and Memorial Parks, an official unit of the United States National Park System.

National Mall proper and adjacent areas (April 2002). The Mall had a grassy lawn flanked on each side by unpaved paths and rows of American elm trees as its central feature. (Numbers in the image correspond to numbers in the list of landmarks, museums and other features below.)

June 2004 view from the United States Capitol, facing west across the National Mall towards the Washington Monument

Facing east on the National Mall, as viewed near the 1300 block of Jefferson Drive, S.W. in April 2010. Rows of American elm trees line the sides of a path traversing the length of the Mall.

West side of the U.S. Capitol building (September 2013)

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in July 2005, facing east towards the Washington Monument

The view of the Lincoln Memorial from the Reflecting Pool in April 2007.

National World War II Memorial (July 2017)

The west side of the Jefferson Pier in April 2011, with the Washington Monument in the background.

Rows of young American elm trees on the National Mall, looking east from the top of the Washington Monument circa 1942

This view from the top of the Washington Monument shows rows of elm trees lining the Reflecting Pool (November 2014).

Portrait of the Mall and vicinity looking northwest from southeast of the U.S. Capitol circa 1846-1855, showing stables in the foreground, the Washington City Canal behind them, the Capitol on the right and the Smithsonian "Castle", the Washington Monument and the Potomac River in the distant left.

The Lockkeeper's House in 2018, looking northwest

Route of the Washington City Canal, showing the Mall (1851)

The Smithsonian Institution Building ("The Castle") in February 2007, looking north from the Enid A. Haupt Garden

The National Mall was the centerpiece of the 1902 McMillan Plan. A central open vista traversed the length of the Mall.

Eastward view of the National Mall from the top of the Washington Monument in 1918. The three structures and two chimneys crossing the Mall are temporary World War I buildings A, B and C and parts of their central power plant.

Westward view from the top of the Washington Monument in 1943 or 1944 during World War II. In the foreground, temporary buildings on the Washington Monument grounds house the Navy's Bureau of Ships. The Main Navy and Munitions Buildings stand to the right of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Temporary buildings to the left of the Reflecting Pool house the Navy's Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.

Uncle Beazley on the National Mall between 1980 and 1994

National Park Service map showing the National Mall's designated reserve area referenced in the 2003 Commemorative Works Clarification and Revision Act

Barricade blocking walkway adjacent to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during the 2013 federal government shutdown, looking east toward the Washington Monument undergoing repair

Aerial view of the Mall facing west between 1980 and 1999

Looking east from the top of the Washington Monument towards the National Mall and the United States Capitol in December 1999

2007 aerial view of Capitol Hill and the National Mall, facing west

Inlay of L'Enfant Plan in Freedom Plaza, looking northwest in June 2005 from the observation deck in the Old Post Office Building Clock Tower

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (June 2010)

National Christmas Tree (November 28, 2018)

A Christmas tree in front of the Capitol in December of 2013.

Tidal Basin and Jefferson Memorial at dusk, facing south in October 2011.

1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on the National Mall facing east from the Lincoln Memorial

The first inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20, 2009, facing west from the Capitol

Independence Day fireworks display between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial, July 4, 1986

The April 9, 1939, concert by Marian Anderson, facing east from the Lincoln Memorial

Britney Spears performs during the "NFL Kickoff Live from the National Mall Presented by Pepsi Vanilla" concert, September 4, 2003

The Concert for Valor on the National Mall on November 11, 2014, looking west from the United States Capitol grounds

The Smithsonian station on the Washington Metro in 2005

1863 photograph of the National Mall and vicinity during the Civil War, looking west towards the U.S. Botanical Garden, Washington City Canal, Gas Works, railroad tracks, Washington Armory, and Armory Square Hospital buildings. The Smithsonian Institution Building, the uncompleted Washington Monument (behind the Smithsonian's building), and the Potomac River are in the background.

The Victorian landscaping and architecture of the Mall looking east from the top of the Washington Monument, showing the influence of the Downing Plan and Adolph Cluss on the National Mall circa 1904. The Department of Agriculture Building, and above it, "The Castle", are in the foreground. A railroad route leading to a shed attached to the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station (not visible) crosses the Mall behind the Arts and Industry Building, the Army Medical Center, and the Armory.

View looking north of the National Mall with the Treasury Building in the background in April 1865.

View the National Mall with its livestock and the Treasury Building in the background in April 1865.

Looking east from the top of the Washington Monument towards the United States Capitol in the summer of 1901. The Mall exhibited the Victorian-era landscape of winding paths and random plantings that Andrew Jackson Downing designed in the 1850s

The Armory as a hospital during the Civil War

Department of Agriculture Building (circa 1895)

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Center Market between 1910 and 1930, looking southwest from 7th Street NW (at left)

Arts and Industries Building, looking southwest (March 2017)

Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station, looking southwest from 6th Street NW (at bottom and left)

Army Medical Museum and Library, looking northeast from Independence Avenue SW

Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool before reconstruction (April 2010)

Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool undergoing reconstruction (June 2011)

Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool undergoing reconstruction (December 2011)

Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after reconstruction (May 2016)

Axis of National Mall before restoration (July 2012)

Axis of National Mall undergoing restoration (April 2015)

Axis of National Mall undergoing restoration (October 2015)

Axis of National Mall after restoration (September 2016)

Aerial view of National Mall, Looking South

Ulysses S. Grant Memorial (1922) (east of no. 8 on image)

Capitol Reflecting Pool

Reflecting pool in Washington, D.C., United States.

A mallard with ducklings at the Capitol Reflecting Pool.

The Capitol Dome and the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial are reflected in its waters.

Henry Shrady

Grant Memorial (1902-1922), United States Capitol, Washington, DC.

Shrady in his studio with sons Frederick and Lewis, circa 1911. His model for General Alpheus S. Williams is in the background.

George Washington at Valley Forge (1901–1906), Continental Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York.

Robert E. Lee (1917–1924, completed by Leo Lentelli), Lee Park, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Jay Cooke Monument (1921), Jay Cooke Plaza, Duluth, Minnesota.

General Alpheus Starkey Williams Memorial (1810 – 1878) Henry Merwin Shady (1912–1921) Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan

Henry Merwin Shrady (October 12, 1871 – April 12, 1922) was an American sculptor, best known for the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the west front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Peace Monument

Erected from 1877 to 1878 in commemoration of the naval deaths at sea during the American Civil War.

Grief holds her covered face against the shoulder of History and weeps in mourning.

Today it stands as part of a three-part sculptural group including the James A. Garfield Monument and the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial.

Sherry Edmundson Fry

American sculptor, who also played a prominent role in U.S. Army camouflage during World War I.

The western pediment, Washington, D.C., 1936

Among Fry's other public works are a pediment for the Frick Museum (New York), reliefs for the Grant Memorial (Washington, D.C.) based on sketches by Henry Merwin Shrady, the fountains at the Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, Ohio), a statue of Ira Allen at the University of Vermont (Burlington), a memorial to Captain Thomas Abbey (Enfield, Connecticut), and a sculpture of Ceres, the goddess of grain, that stands on the peak of the Missouri State Capitol dome (Jefferson City, Missouri).

Roman Bronze Works

Bronze foundry in New York City.

From Fra Burmeister og Wain's Iron Foundry, by Peder Severin Krøyer, 1885.

Ulysses S. Grant Memorial by Henry Shrady at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (1924)

Union Square (Washington, D.C.)

11-acre public plaza at the foot of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., United States.

Vehicles entering the Third Street Tunnel, located under Union Square (2009)

It encompasses the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial (1924) and the 6-acre Capitol Reflecting Pool (1971) and is just west of the United States Capitol building.

James A. Garfield Monument

Memorial to United States President James A. Garfield, elected in 1880 and assassinated in 1881 after serving only four months of his term, by a disgruntled office-seeker named Charles J. Guiteau.

One of three allegorical figures, Scholar, is at the base of the monument.

Today it stands as part of a three-part sculptural group near the Capitol Reflecting Pool including the Peace Monument and the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial.

Edward Pearce Casey

American designer and architect, noted for his work in Washington, D.C. and New York City.

In 1893, he was one of the six equal prize winners in the New York City Hall competition; and in 1900 won the first prize for a design for Taft Bridge over Rock Creek in Washington, D.C. In 1901, he won another design competition, for a design for the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Presidential memorials in the United States

The presidential memorials in the United States honor the various presidents of the United States and seek to perpetuate their legacies.

The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.

Ulysses S. Grant Memorial